Take-up frame for wire operating units



Dec. 27, 1932.

w. H. SOMMER 1,892,171 TAKE-UP FRAME FOR WIRE OPERATING UNITS Filed Nov. 15, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 27, 1932.

W. H. SOMMER TAKE-UP FRAME FOR WIRE OPERATING UNITS Filed NOV. 15, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Dec. 27, 1932. w, SOMMER 1,892,171

TAKE-UP FRAME FOR WIRE OPERATING UNITS Filed NOV. 15, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Dec. 27, 1932 PATENT QFFECE WILLIAM: H. SOMMER, OF PEOB-IA, ILLINOIS TAKE-U3? FRAI'IE FOR TIRE OPERATING UNITS Application filed November 15, 1930. Serial No. 495,987.

This invention has reference to improvements in take-up frames for wire operating units, vanizing and in particular wire galvanizing;

5 although its use may extend to and be found useful where coiling of wire on take-up blocks or feels is a step in the handling of wire.

The invention has for its principal object to improve the method by which wires are laid on take-up blocks, whereby to obtain smooth and even coils of the wires on such blocks and to prevent vibration of the wires just preceding their being taken up by the blocks.

The invention has for a further object to provide, in association with a block or blocks, a roller or some such anti-friction or equivalent device which will act to push the successive coils of the wires, outwardly toward the ends of the blocks, whereby to insure smooth and even coils of the wires on the blocks.

A further object of the invention is to provide for leading the wires to the blocks, over a plurality of roller-guides, suitably disposed in relation to each other and the blocks, to insure a steady and smooth travel of the wlres, whereby to prevent or eliminate vibration of the wires and thereby insure smooth even coat- 3 ings on the wires and prevent the coating from becoming rough and uneven.

A still further object of the invention is to provide bearing supports for the rollerguides, which are adjustable in relation to the 3 take-up frame and take-up blocks, whereby to position the roller-guides in exact alinement with the oncoming wire and thereby further eliminate vibration.

Other and further objects will more fully appear from the following description:

That the invention -may be more fully understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this description, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which Fig. 1 is an end elevation, on a greatly reduced scale, partly broken away, showing a take-up frame and a take-up block, whereon is embodied my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly broken away,

such for example, as are used in galshowing the end of a take-up frame and oppositely located take-up blocks, whereon is embodied my invention.

Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view, as the same would appear if taken on the line 33 Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view, as the same would appear, if taken on the line H Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the figures.

Assuming the devices, of the invention, to be used in wire galvanizing, the coated wires, after they leave the spelter bath are preferably strung along what is termed a take-up frame, and the wires coiied on or about what are termed take-up blocks. These blocks are preferably disposed on the sides of the frame on shafts which are preferably disposed horizontally, and usually blocks are oppositely located. on the frame on shafts which have axial alinement. Except for the fact that the present invention is combined or associated with a take-up frame and the take-up blocks thereof, I am not concerned with the specific character or construction of such a frame or such blocks, and the invention, therefore, does not relate, per se to such frames or such blocks.

For the purpose of this disclosure, being merely illustrative, a take-up frame of a standard type is indicated as 1, provided with shafts 2 preferably disposed horizontally thereon and on which are carried representative types of take-up blocks 3, which 35 project from the sides of the frame outwardly and each rotatable at the inner ends within the shouldered or flanged guards 4: secured to the frame. The blocks having coiling surfaces 5 preferably tapered, as shown.

Connected to the frame 1, at opposite sides, when blocks 3 have an opposite disposition, are brackets, bars or supports 6. These brackets or supports are formed or provided with angular ears or plate extensions 7 and 8 by means of which said brackets may be secured to the frame 1 and preferably to cross-bars or supports 9 and 10 which are secured, re spectively, at 11 and 12 to the frame 1. These ears or plate extensions are preferably and 80 slotted, as at 13, through which the securing means are disposed and to provide for longitudinal adjustment thereof on said frame. Furthermore, the cross-bars or supports 9 and 10 are provided, respectively, with slots 9 and 10 to permit lateral adjustment of the said cross-bars, on the take-up frame. These slots being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Journaled on preferably horizontally disposed iixed stud shafts or spindles 14, connected with the brackets or supports 6, are lead-in flanged rollers 15. I prefer to employ three such rollers on each bracket and dispose them in the arrangement best seen in Fig. 3, and when so disposed, the coated wire A is directed over the first roller, down and around the second roller andup and over the third roller and to and around the coiling surface 5 of a block 3; the wire entering onto the block preferably flush with the face of the shouldered or flanged portion siof the blocl as is shown. These rollers act as a tensioning device, as well as wire guides to the blocks and will also prevent vibration of the wire which may occur at the block, resulting in a smooth and steady travel of the wire to the block and thereby insure a smooth and even coating and prevent the coating from becoming rough should vibration reach back to the point Where the zinc coating is still in molten or near molten state. Considerable of the vibration in the wire, if there is any, can be prevented through the lateral adjustment of the crossbars 9 and 10 whereby to bring the rollers 15 into exact alinement with the course of the oil-coming wire A.

Journaled to rotate in the guard 4 is a roller or anti-friction device 16, the peripheral portion of which projects without the guard and rotates neat adjacent the coilin surface 5 of the block, see Fig. 4. Such roller is carried on a spindle 1''? which is secured in the guard i, see Fig. e and arranged for lubrication through a duct 18 in the said spindle. As shown, only a very slight portion of the roller l6 need project from without the guard to effectively engage the wire and to be engaged by the wire as it is laid on the coiling surface of the block, whereby each successive coil is pushed outwardly toward the outer end of the block, insuring smooth and even coils of the wire around the block. Such a device eliminates the necessity of sliding the wire along or across the take-up block.

It should be apparent from the foregoing that, the invention is not limited in its use in connection with take-up blocks of galvanizing units, but may be used in connection with wire patenting units and in fact, in various and numerous instances where the objects herein outlined may be accomplished. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited except as may be expressed in the appended claims.

What I claim is- V 1. In a device of the character described, in combination a take-up block, a guard at one end of the block, an anti-friction device disposed within and partially protruding from said guard, for pushing a wire as it is formed into successive coils thereon, outwardly on the block.

2. In a device of the character described, in combination a take-up block, a guard at one end of the block, an anti-friction device disposed within and partially protruding from said guard, for pushing a wire as it is formed into successive coils thereon, outwardly on the block, and guiding means for the wire before it reaches the block to arrest and prevent vibration of the wire.

In a device of the character described, in combination a take-up blocx, a guard at one end of the block, a roller journaled within raid guard and partially protruding therefrom and operative adjacent the coiling face of the bloclr to push a wire as it is formed into successive coils thereon, outwardly on the block.

at. In a device of the character described, in combination a take-up block, a guard at one end of the block, roller journaled within said guard or d partially protruding therefrom and opei tive adjacent the coiling face of the block to push a wire as it is formed into successive coils thereon, outwardly on the block, and staggeredly arranged guiding rollers for the wire before it reaches the block to arrest and prevent vibration of the wire.

5. In a device of the character described, in combination, a take-up frame, a drawing block having a tapered coiling surface rotatable on said frame, a guard for the inner end of said block and secured to said frame, a wire engaging and pushing roller ournaled within said guard and having a peripheral projection without the block disposed adjacent the coiling surface of the block and adapted to push the coiled wire outward 011 the block, and guiding rollers adjustably mounted on the frame and in proximity to the block to prevent vibration of the wire and to place a tension on the wire as it is fed to the block.

WILLIAM H. SUMMER.

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